Both backs were nightmares for linebackers trying to cover them in the passing game. Ward, a solid backup, had 31 carries for 151 yards (4.9 yards per carry). DiMarco is a steady pass catching and solid lead blocker. What they did in postseason: Freeman averaged 4.2 yards per carry and Coleman average 4 yards per carry. Coleman went down with a key ankle injury in the Super Bowl and Freeman missed a blitz pickup with the Super Bowl on the line. Comment: Freeman was more durable in 2016 as he received more rest from Coleman. Both backs benefitted from the offensive line starting all 18 games together. Former offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan often said that both of the running backs were interchangeable. The Falcons also lost legendary running backs coach Bobby Turner, who went to San Francisco with Shanahan. Keith Carter, the former assistant offensive line coach for the past two seasons, will take over as the running backs coach.

A former U.S. official, also speaking on condition of anonymity, said U.S. authorities had been closely following Kim Jong Nam for years and thought he was at risk but could not say whether North Korea was behind his murder. When asked about the nature of the reported attack, Malaysian police official Fadzil said: "We don't know if there was a cloth or needles; the receptionist said someone grabbed homepage his face, he felt dizzy." Malaysia is one of a dwindling number of countries that has close relations with North Korea, which is under tightening global sanctions over its nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches, the latest of which took place on Sunday. Malaysians and North Koreans can visit each other's country without visas. A phone call to the North Korean embassy in Kuala Lumpur late on Tuesday went straight to an answering machine. SECRETIVE FAMILY Kim Jong Nam and Kim Jong Un are both sons of former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, who died in late 2011, but they had different mothers. Kim Jong Nam did not attend his father's funeral. The portly and easygoing Kim Jong Nam was believed to be close to his uncle, Jang Song Thaek, who was North Korea's second most powerful man before being executed on Kim Jong Un's orders in 2013. In an embarrassing 2001 incident, Kim Jong Nam was caught at an กระเป๋าเป้แฟชั่นราคาถูก airport in Japan traveling on a forged Dominican Republic passport, saying he had wanted to visit Tokyo Disneyland.